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Ezekiel 41:16

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 41:16 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and [from] the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and [from] the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),
Ezekiel 41:16 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 41

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13So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long;
14also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits.
15And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
16the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and [from] the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),
17to [the space] above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
18And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
19so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side. [thus was it] made through all the house round about:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“The door posts and the narrow windows, &c.] Of the inner temple or holy of holies; for this is what is last mentioned; of the door posts of it, (see <264103>Ezekiel 41:3), in the holy of holies, both in Moses’s tabernacle, and Solomon’s temple, were no windows; Jehovah dwelt in thick darkness, (<110812>1 Kings 8:12), but in this inner temple, or the more perfect state of the church on earth, there will be much light: these windows are said to be “narrow”, that is, without, but broad within; and let in a great deal of light, which, though not discerned by those without, yet comfortably enjoyed by those within; and will be so great, that there will be no need of the sun or moon; Christ the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“covered--being the highest windows they were "covered" from the view below. Or else "covered with lattice-work."”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Galleries - The upper story of the side-chambers was probably built in the form of an open gallery. Over against the door - The rows of the side-chambers extended to the front of the temple, so that they were “over against” the opening, but did not extend so far as the porch. Cieled - Overlaid. Pillars, galleries, narrow windows were overlaid with wood 1 Kings 6:15-16. Were covered - With wood. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“narrow: Eze 41:26, Eze 40:16, Eze 40:25; Kg1 6:4; Co1 13:12 ceiled with wood: Heb. ceiling of wood, Kg1 6:15; Ch2 3:5; Hag 1:4 from the ground up to the windows: or, the ground unto the windows covered: Probably either by jutting out of the main wall of the temple; or by lattice work, or curtains, or by both. Ezekiel 41:17”
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